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BCR roundup for Monday, July 24: Spring Valley wins first two game at State Minor League tourney

Spring Valley Senior League off to 2-1 start in Central Regional

By Kevin Hieronymus
St. Matthew's center fielder Reid Clary makes a circus catch during Monday's Princeton Fastpitch Church League play at Westside Park. St. Matts, the defending league champion, led 8-2, but fell to United Methodist 16-8. UMC advances to Thursday's finals.

St. Matthew's center fielder Reid Clary makes a circus catch during Monday's Princeton Fastpitch Church League play at Westside Park. St. Matts, the defending league champion, led 8-2, but fell to United Methodist 16-8. UMC advances to Thursday's finals. (Mike Vaughn)

Spring Valley swept both of its games in pool play Saturday in the State Minor League Softball Tournament hosted by District 20, defeating River Forest (District 10) 2-0 and Western Springs (District 9) 10-0.

Brynn Pellegrini was the winning pitcher in both games, including a perfect game by striking out all 12 batters she faced in a four-inning game in the second game. She fanned 16 of 20 batters in Game 1.

Leading hitters in the first game were Vivi Verucchi (3-3), Pellegrini (2-3) and Reese Baltikauski (2B). In Game 2, Verucci had a triple, Stella Simpson had a double, Cece Ferrari had a three-run double and Nadia Rounds had a RBI hit to end the game.

Spring Valley will return to action at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at McKinley Park in Peru against Tri-Cities (District 13), which beat Western Springs, 6-3, on Monday night.

Senior League Baseball

The Spring Valley All-Stars bounced back from an opening loss in the Central Region Senior League Tournament to win its next two.

Spring Valley beat Missouri 11-1 on Sunday and Wisconsin 13-1 on Monday morning.

Later Monday, Spring Valley was eliminated with an 11-4 loss to the same Michigan team that beat them 4-2 in Saturday’s opener

The tournament runs through Wednesday at Washington Park.